Automatic transaction system

Abstract

An automatic transaction apparatus develops applications on a Web basis. The automatic transaction apparatus is provided with a local AP program resident therein which can implement transactions identical to those executed by an AP program downloaded from a Web server. Upon detection of a failure caused by the Web, the monitor program transitions the processing to the local AP program, thereby rapidly taking appropriate actions in the event of a failure caused by the Web.

1. An automatic transaction system including a Web server and an automatic transaction apparatus connected to the Web server such that said automatic transaction apparatus downloads an application from said Web server to make transactions, said automatic transaction apparatus comprising:
 an application resident therein for realizing transactions identical to transactions executed by the application downloaded from said Web server; and  
 an information save area,  
 wherein said application downloaded from said Web server is adapted to save information for continuing a transaction into said information save area, said automatic transaction apparatus switches to said resident application to make a transaction using information saved in said information save area when a Web related fault occurs.  
 
     
     
       2. An automatic transaction system according to  claim 1 , wherein said automatic transaction saves, as a transaction is being processed, information required for the application to execute the transaction, and passed said saved information to the resident application to continue the transaction when the application cannot be downloaded from said Web server. 
     
     
       3. An automatic transaction system according to  claim 1 , wherein the application downloaded is a Web-based application, and wherein the application resident is a non-Web-based application. 
     
     
       4. An automatic transaction system including a Web server and an automatic transaction apparatus connected to the Web server such that said automatic transaction apparatus downloads a Web-based application from said Web server to execute Web-based transactions, said automatic transaction apparatus comprising:
 an application resident therein to execute non-Web-based transactions identical to the Web-based transactions executed by the Web-based application; and  
 an information save area,  
 wherein said Web-based application is adapted to save information for continuing a transaction into said information save area, said automatic transaction apparatus switches to executing said application resident therein to continue the Web-based transaction in a non-Web-based environment using information saved in said information save area when a Web related fault occurs.  
 
     
     
       5. An automatic transaction system according to  claim 1 , wherein said automatic transaction apparatus saves, as a Web-based transaction is being processed, information required for the Web-based application to execute the Web-based transaction, and passes saved information to said application resident therein to continue the Web-based transaction in a non-Web-based environment when the Web-based application cannot be downloaded from said Web server.